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Removing roaches is easy. Crush their heads before putting them in. This stops them from burrowing & also leaves them moving for well over 24 hours & normally well over 48 hours.  I feed roaches on their backs, as they move their legs rapidly in this position & thus encourage a feeding response.

With crickets I use either my hand or tweezers to remove them, depending upon the T,  tank type, how accessible the cricket is & where the T is, in relation to the cricket.  You are much more likely to be haired by a stroppy Brachypelma than bitten by an old world. But only you know your T well enough to know what is needed.

Even if a T molts shortly after feeding. I never disrupt the tank too much to remove a cricket. I just spend a little more time & gently go after it as many times as it takes, to get it out.

With a Brachypelma smithi any dead cricket will simply dry out unless it is close to the water bowl. So should not be a problem.  In fact, dry crispy crickets are being sold as eco friendly human snacks, so keep some salt handy.